Yet there are still good reasons to buy an electric car, even when gas is $2.00 a gallon, as detailed in a recent Forbes report.

You can read all 10 of them at the link; they focus on why an electric car still makes financial sense.

One is that the average cost of grid electricity is still lower than the cost of a gallon of gasoline.

2016 Ford Focus Electric

At current gas prices, it costs about $1,000 a year to run a gasoline Ford Focus (assuming 15,000 miles per year), compared to $600 for the Focus Electric, according to the EPA's fueleconomy.gov website.

Electricity rates in certain regions can skew those figures somewhat, but the lower off-peak rates offered by some utilities can also tilt the equation in an electric-car owner's favor.

It's also possible for owners to generate their own electricity with home solar installations, although these can be costly.